~ DRIVING FORCE ~ The 2017 Annual Review of Machinery Sales by Kivells Ltd

During 2017 Kivells conducted 32 sales of farm & plant machinery which totalled over 22,000 lots on behalf of clients

throughout the South of England & beyond!

Holsworthy Livestock Market New Market Road, Holsworthy, Devon EX22 7FA

Holsworthy Market Office 01409 253275 / Email: heritage@kivells.com

Kivells sold over £3.3 million worth of machinery in 2017 An increase of over 80% on 2016!

1,754 NEW purchasers ~ 558 NEW sellers

The 1st collective sale of the year took place on 4th February 2017 and attracted over 2,300 lots topping at £14,600 for the 8tn JCB digger in from North Cornwall closely followed by the ’09 Landrover up from Launceston powering away to £11,700. This sale also saw 3 new agricultural buildings which saw a top call of £7,900. The dispersal of over 500 lots of tools, machines & horse brasses from a deceased estate in Cornwall attracted hundreds of prospective purchasers from all over the UK both on the phone and in the yard. Top call in this section was £440 for a brass bridge piece.

In early March another 3,000 lots sold at Holsworthy with the best of 494 lots of farm & plant machinery reaching £12,000. The day included a high number of lots to include granite troughs and posts topping at £420 on behalf of the Shakespeare family. The family had recently sold their property through Kivells and wished to make the best of their surplus garden effects. Also on this day was the clearance sale of 900 fruit trees, shrubs & plants direct from one nursery in Cambridgeshire!

The 1st ‘on farm’ sale of 2017 took place at St Breward, on the edge of Bodmin Moor attracting buyers from as far afield as Gloucestershire and Wiltshire pushing the best of 400 lots to an impressive £30,000 for the Case 115 tractor which went off to its new home near Exeter.

On Saturday the 18th March 2017 Kivells conducted the dispersal of farm machinery & effects on the edge of Exmoor on behalf of Bob & Angela Shambrook. Buyers on the phones and in person were out in force despite the terrible weather conditions and pushed the best lot to £22,500 following somewhat of a bidding war between two bidders, one from 2 miles from the sale site and the other from Northern Ireland.

April & May saw some huge sales to include 6 dispersal sales off farm from Penzance to Axminster. Some of the highlights were £19,500 given for the New Holland telehandler from ‘Ding-Dong’ near Penzance. The John Deere gator from Exmoor hitting £7,800 and another consignment of new agri-buildings (in kit form) to £8,300. Some fantastic lots of granite circles, posts and effects from one private home in the West Country attracted local, national and international interest with the best to £2,200 and plenty up and around the magical £1,000 bracket.

As the Summer months arrived the Kivells machinery team conducted one of the most unusual sales of the company’s 133 years in business and couldn’t sum up the year without its mention! A lifetime collection of 1,249 lots sold of vintage & farm equipment attracted a huge amount of media interest with both local & national media stations conducting interviews ‘on site’ as well as live on TV and radio. Kivells live on Radio 5 and BBC TV promoted the sale which in turn saw the hits on our website go through the roof!

In the height of Harvest time at the end of May the Kivells machinery team travelled to Colaton Raleigh near Sidmouth in East Devon to conduct one of the leading sales of the year in the UK on behalf of the Clinton Devon Partnership. A fantastic line up of well-maintained farm and arable equipment saw a huge crowd of farmers, dealers and exporters in attendance pushing the top call of the day to £76,000 for the New Holland Combine whilst the pick of 8 John Deere tractors topped at £64,800 with others at £58,200 going to its new home near Scarborough.

In July Holsworthy Market hosted the monthly sale of over 2,100 lots which included the dispersal of high quality trailers, tree surgery tools and abseiling equipment on behalf of the Gilbert family. Over 1,000 buyers stood 7 deep in the isles and witnessed the best of the small lots to £1,100.

Later in the Summer the team travelled down to Wadebridge in Cornwall for a massive sale on behalf of the Mably family. The pick of the tractors topped at £29,500 for the Massey Ferguson 6480 and the best of the plant machinery reaching £13,000 for the Kubota Digger.

In August Kivells conducted 4 machinery auctions which began at Clannaborough Barton in Mid Devon on behalf of the May family following a change of farming policy.

The very next week the team moved onto Holsworthy to conduct the dispersal on behalf of James & Judith Kirkbride of Tideford following their decision to cease Dairy farming. Top of their dispersal was £14,400 for their Case JX90 tractor.

Throughout 2017 Holsworthy Market sales have seen 67 collectors & vintage tractors go under the hammer and the sale in August was no exception. Bernard Allin of Bude saw his Ford 4000 reach an impressive £4,500 whilst Mike Vanstone of Kilkhampton sold his MF135 really well at £4,200.

Also during the Summer the team conducted the sale of over 1,400 lots on the Devon/Somerset border at the Honiton Hill Rally site with everything from a lawn mower to a Subaru Brut go under the hammer with 3 Auctioneers having to be at their very best to keep up with the bidding!

As the Autumn months started the team conducted 7 dispersals and 3 monthly collective sales throughout the West Country. These included the dispersal of machinery for life-time supporter of Kivells Trevor Shopland (Kivells having sold the farm) and the dispersal for Stuart Horne and family after their decision to retire from active farming in South East Cornwall. The dispersal of machinery for M/S Herniman of Folly Farm near Crediton followed the decision to sell the 192 acre farm by the Kivells Land Agency in Holsworthy. Top call on this day was lot 276 being the Same 150 tractor reaching £15,200.

In late October the 25th sale at Milford Fairground near Lifton in West Devon took place with well over 1,000 people in attendance. An amazing top call of £340,000 was given for ‘Conqueror’ the Richards Burrell Steam Road Locomotive which went off to its new home in Astwood Bank just South of Birmingham.

At the end of October the team travelled to the heart of Exmoor for the dispersal of well-maintained contractor’s machinery at West Lyn, Lynton. A spectacular venue just a stone’s throw from the Bristol Channel provided a fitting back drop for the sale of over 500 lots. With buyers present from Birmingham, Kent, Wales and Northern Ireland, more local purchasers had to ‘push on’ to secure goods at this sale. Top call of the day hit £29,100 with plenty of machinery reaching £7,000 and £10,000.

During the later months of 2017 Kivells commenced machinery sales at Exeter Livestock Centre. Topping the sale in November was the John Deere 850 gator at £4,800. Our final machinery sale of the year was held in early December at Holsworthy and what a day it was! Over 4,000 lots went under the hammer to include 5 full and part dispersals. Top call of the day was £35,600 for the pick of the tractors with the Swing Shovel at £9,200 and the best of the logging equipment reaching £5,700.

Our team of Professional Machinery Auctioneers and Staff are at hand to sell your machinery whether it be on-site or at one of our many collective auctions conducted throughout the South West.

We are able to arrange collection of goods from your home/business to the auction site and provide a cleaning/valeting service if required.

For more information call the Kivells Machinery Team on 01409 253275 or email heritage@kivells.com.

2017 Farm Sale Foot Prints…

Holsworthy Livestock Market New Market Road, Holsworthy, Devon EX22 7FA

01409 253275 / James Morrish 07814 010133 / heritage@kivells.com

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Collection service to the appropriate sale venue

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Under cover and open air sale yards

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Selling machinery since 1885

James Morrish FLAA

Machinery Auctioneer

David Kivell FRICS FAAV FLAA Director

Mark Bromell BSc(Hons) MRICS FAAV FLAA

Director

Lisa Linbourn Machinery Sales Co-Ordinator

Our team of Machinery Auctioneers & Coordinators are at hand to sell your farm machinery whether it be on site or at one of our many

collective auctions conducted throughout the South West.